Listen Now - History That Doesn't Suck: America Enters WWI

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

History That Doesn't' Suck is a seriously researched survey of American history told through entertaining stories, decade by decade from its 1776 revolutionary founding into the 20th century. In this sample episode, hear the story of the US building an army from nothing and joining the fight in WWI. After years of trying to avoid entanglements with and war in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson has asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany. But that’s easier said than done. Is it even possible for the largely isolationist United States to train and muster a world-class army? And who can take the reins of this formidable force that will be far larger than any that the nation’s most storied military commanders–from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant–ever led? Welcome to America’s story, General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing. Listen to more episodes of History That Doesn't Suck

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0:00.0	One of the great things about this podcast is that we get to search for interesting,
0:14.8	overlooked chapters of American history, like the Great Mississippi Flood or the yellow fever
0:19.8	epidemic of 1793,
0:21.8	and then we get to really dig in, revealing sometimes heartbreaking,
0:25.4	sometimes astounding, but always interesting events in our shared past.
0:29.7	Or other times, because we can, we'll review the big seismic events in detail,
0:34.5	like World War I or the Great Depression.
0:37.0	Some other times we'll have fun
0:38.5	with outrageous stories like the plot to steal Lincoln's body or the Walker affair. We get to
0:43.9	hop around in time investigating all sorts of history because we're a show that publishes
0:48.5	multi-episode seasons. But time traveling like that can sometimes leave you a bit whiplashed.
0:53.9	There are times when it's nice to experience your history the way nature intended one moment
0:58.7	at a time in chronological order.
1:01.0	And if that's something you'd like to try, learn the entire history of the United States
1:05.1	from beginning to end in order, then do I have the podcast for you?
1:09.3	We're bringing you an episode from the podcast, History That Doesn't Suck,
1:13.1	hosted by my good friend, Professor Greg Jackson.
1:15.9	It's well-researched, fact-filled history that's as entertaining as it is enlightening.
1:20.8	It is, as the name implies, history that doesn't suck.
1:24.7	But because this is American history tellers,
1:26.8	and we have the keys to a
1:28.2	magic time machine that allows us to select any time period we want, today I'm sharing History
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